On 1 December 2011 11:08, Martyn Hodgson <[email protected]> wrote: > Further to this, all the sopranos and tenors I have worked with have found > the early lute song repertoire well within their comfortable range: why would > you wish to transpose the lute part at all?
I see. I work a lot with an altus, so I have to transpose most of the lute songs, and many of the continuo songs; somehow we always end up in f-minor ... |-(. To add to that, he likes to keep his options open for a concert: a little higher or lower depending on the condition of the voice. And I accompany in many lute song workshops. I prepare transpositions, but somehow the right one is always missing, so I bodge myself through the first read/sing through (can be _very_ embarrassing), but get better along the way. So much better that I don't bother to write out the transposition for the concert at the end of the workshops. It's a skill that comes through practise, obviously. But with the advent of computer score making (Finale in my case) I find my transposing skills deteriorating. Still, to be a good accompanist, I feel one should be able to transpose, at least good enough for first rehearsals. David - Messiah tonight, no transpositions -- ******************************* David van Ooijen [email protected] www.davidvanooijen.nl ******************************* To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
